[The use of a generalized biochemical parameter for the evaluation of the effectiveness of hemosorption in patients with mechanical jaundice of calculous etiology].

Quantitative methods for evaluation of impairments in the functional state of liver tissue by means of a generalized biochemical index enabled to evaluate efficiency of hemosorption as compared with other methods of preoperative treatment of patients with mechanical jaundice of calculous genesis. Hemosorption was found to contribute most effectively to restoration of the liver tissue functional state decreasing the risk of acute liver tissue insufficiency during the postoperational period.